Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-11-11

Lavinia Medlock in the old days when she
was more than llustrious-everybOd
can be lllustrou., but not everybJd. can
he tnshiouable-he every day her now
historical seances. Those days are gone
this is not wonderful, because all oil, days
are uone-and with them Is gone Lawn
| las greatness, she then wore the finest
and newest of satin dresses and received
| the best Of company Her friends came
| all day long, they came in omuibuses, in
cabs, in broughams, and in stately char
lots, they had all kinds of titles to their
| names, from plain Miss or Mistress to
Gracious Duchess aud even Serene flgh.
ness they came by appointment and
without, they would not he denied, and
! because the drawing room was not large
euUugh-it had been formerly the trout
parlOr-Lavinia built salon at tue SIDE
| of the house for the reception of her friends,
| those in the flesh and those out OF IL, lne
| former, who concealed as much OF the
| flesh as they could in furs, jackets, cloaks,
and other things so as not TO make the
spirits Jealous by the show OF what they
| themselves lacked, were not attracted to
the house by Lavinla's appearance, which
was homely, nor by her conversation,
which was plain, nor by her manners,
which spoke OF certain omissions III early
| training, out by Ine reputation sue pos
sessed of being the finest interpreter IN
| the world OF things sad ana done out oil
| it, and the most tavourite medium known
to the spirits. Certain IL Is that you
could, by Lavinia's help, converse with
any spirit you chose TO call. 30 aHaple
and cOndescendlng were they, or so pow
elful was the lntueuce OF LaVlnla, that
the most illustrious spirit possible to
name wond come if invited, and converse
with the most obscure, ana answer any
questlon,even the most lmpertlnent, as
to their own happiness or the happiness
of their friends. The immortal Honor,
. he 1n1l " i'm mr. "a n
Walter Scott Lord Byron, Milton hlm-
self, or Charles the First would not disdalu
to rap out message, dictate a poem, or
show personal acquaintance with the III,
qulrer's great aunt On these are olu
stories, but l am talking OF Old days; yet
they are put as the uay Delore Yesterday,
| DO we not reneilpeI now scohers useu ~
call attention to the TACT that our knowl-
edge OF the other World was never adVanc-
ed an inch, and that the messages We're
idle trash DO we not remember now the
spirits were proved 10 nave tolu the most
barelaceu lies, ana 10 nave perpetrate''
the most ASTOUNDING olunuerS DO we not
remember how LaVlnia herself was shown
up III sclentlnc Journals LOT having caused
to speak one spirit OF u llVlnS person ana
another OF person VINO had never nved
Nay, we may remember more tnan Uhls'
Fori it is on record that none OF these eX-
posures and attacks seemed &c lnlule
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